January 9, 2023

On ABC's This Week, former NJ governor Chris Christie is already blaming President Biden if Republicans in the House refuse to raise debt ceiling in the 118th Congress, which will destroy the faith and credit of the US.

In their panel discussion George Stephanopoulos explained that for Kevin McCarthy to become Speaker he had to make outrageous promises, including tying spending cuts to the debt ceiling, which President Biden has already rejected.

Enter the bloated bully.

President Biden, to say he's not going to negotiate, defies the reality of his situation. He lost the House. He's got to negotiate. And so to say that the Republicans would be the obstructionists, well, now you have divided government and you have to -- both sides are going to have to give. Chuck Schumer is going to have to give. Joe Biden is going to have to give. And Kevin McCarthy’s going to have to give ultimately.

So, if we have a fiscal disaster because of some of these things, it's going to be us judging who's been willing to negotiate and who hasn't. There are lot of things I had to give as governor that I didn't want to give, but the people elected a Democratic legislature in the very same way Joe Biden and Chuck Schumer may not want to give on some of these spending issues, but the people elected a Republican House. They’re going to have to get real about it.

Up until the last decade, the debt ceiling was never used as a bargaining chip for one party or the other since the faith and credit of the United States of America stands in the balance. It's to pay for what the country has already spent.

When Republicans controlled the House under President Obama, Wall Street downgraded U.S. credit because of the obstinate and ridiculous fools back then who tried to refuse to raise the debt.

Under Trump, Republicans of course looked the other way on the debt ceiling.

GOP lawmakers during the Trump administration voted three times to suspend the debt ceiling. Federal policymakers added trillions of dollars to the federal debt during Trump’s presidency — significantly more than has been added by Biden — with the support of Republican leaders. The $28 trillion national debt rose by roughly $7.8 trillion during the Trump administration.

As for f***face Christie, demanding major spending cuts to destroy whole departments that truly affect people's lives for the better in order to appease an unserious, insurrection party is unconscionable.

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